online storage?

[ssahl]

Hi I know online storage is not the best solution there is, but it may be in this case, and I was hoping someone could recommend a good, secure, safe solution.

I have a class with about 30 students all using workstations that would like to save their work.
These workstations are on a domain that is locked down pretty good (if they were not I would be reformatting them every other week)
They also all use the same general logon account (one username & password for all)
To setup any type of external hard drive, or any other type of shared drive, and share it will not work, as each student would be at the mercy of all other students to not delete their work. I also can’t get 30 or more usb drives. And since each student would probably not be using the same computer every time, and other students would be using the same workstation that they use, saving anything on the workstation would be 'risky' too.

These files would only be needed for the school year, so it's not real sensitive information.

I don’t have time to create accounts for every student, giving access, setting/resetting passwords 3 to 4 times every year. Besides the county does most of the administating on this domain.

This is why I started to think; hmmm maybe online storage could do the trick, and let the teacher setup folder access for each student.
Is there a website that can do this, and yet not cause security issue's

I am open to any other suggestions too.

This service does not need to be free, (those scare me) or even cheap, so I wouldn’t mind having to pay for it, even if it is on the expensive side.

These keep in mind are grade school students, so the file transfer interface needs to be at least somewhat simple.



Someone have a good idea? I hope.:D

[glc]

You know, USB drives are the best solution. Small ones are dirt cheap.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820189033

Quantity Pricing
Units Price Shipping
1 $6.25 $6.99
5+ $5.25 $3.66 ea.
9+ $4.89 $3.14 ea.
25+ $4.69 $2.72 ea.

Even with tax, that's cheap. That's around $250 or so for 30 of them, less if you are tax exempt.

[ssahl]

nice, but newegg does not take purchase orders, and I cant afford to pay for them myself unless I waited until next payday. Since I get paid once a month, that wouldnt be soon enough.:(

but you are right, I will do my best to push it as the only solution, we'll see.

[EzyStvy]

Don't schools publish lists of required supplies...Then again, how many of the kids already have their own flash drives?

[glc]

Look for a similar deal with vendors that your organization does deal with. Who knows - maybe someone has a bunch of leftover 256mb keys for a buck apiece.

[shadowpr]

I would tell the parents they need fork over some money.